padilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin patella. Doublet of paella, paila, and puela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈdiʝa/ [paˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈdiʝa/ [paˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /paˈdiʎa/ [paˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈdiʃa/ [paˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈdiʒa/ [paˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pa‧di‧lla

Noun

padilla f (plural padillas)

1. a saucepan

   Synonym: cacerola

Further reading

• “padilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014